MARY STEVENSON CASSATT (American 1844-1926)

Description

MARY STEVENSON CASSATT (American 1844-1926)
Study for a Woman in Black at the Opera, c. 1880
Pencil on paper
5.25in. x 8.75in. (sight size)
Stamped lower right: Mathilde X Collection
Hirschl & Adler Galleries label on verso
Provenance: from the artist to Mathilde Vallet 1927; the Mathilde X sale, Paris 1931; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York

The present work is a study by Mary Cassatt for her large oil painting A Woman in Black at the Opera in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This drawing, along with other pencil studies for the finished canvas, is listed in Adelyn Dohme Breeskin's catalogue raisonné on the artist, date to c.1880.

Cassatt's work was exhibited extensively throughout her career both in Paris and in the United States, including the Paris Salon, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and in exhibitions with the French Impressionists between 1879-1886. She had a major exhibition of her work in Paris in 1893, and also a large solo show in New York in 1895. Her paintings can be seen in prestigious museums throughout the world including, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Musée d'Orsay, Louvre, and the Musée Luxembourg, Paris among many others.

Condition: slight yellowing throughout, especially on right and left edges, otherwise good condition. Framed under den glass for UV protection.

More information about MARY STEVENSON CASSATT. See also: Cassatt, Mary Stevenson, Mary Cassatt, Mary Stevenson Cassatt Artist.

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